Internationally recognized means for obtaining help.
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Examples for "distress call"
Examples for "distress call"
1A UN captain sent out a distress call and immediately signaled surrender.
2He could hear the computer in the study chiming its distress call.
3Not smart enough to know a distress call when it sees one.
4Ben Barka's suit began to broadcast immediately and indiscriminately-anall-banddistress call.
5Demo suddenly heard thrashing, mixed with the distress call of a bird.
1Each time, a mate inspected them through a spyglass, saw Gavin's muddled clothes and no distress flags, and rowed past without a word.
1We would have picked up the distress signal a long time ago.
2Such a distress signal would be hilarious if it wasn't actually true.
3Sure enough, the source of a Colonial distress signal was flashing.
4When a distress signal is received, local search and rescue personnel are notified.
5His valve sent out a distress signal that established communication with his hands.
6But when you get no distress signal, you're dealing with a catastrophic event.
7Oh, I know: make a fire--andtwo smoke fires for a distress signal.
8The night was clear and no distress signal was received.
9Such devices emit a distress signal to help rescuers find vessels in an emergency.
10Maybe we should agree on some sort of distress signal.
11The tracker transmitted for another 15 hours but neither climber activated its distress signal.
12Then at last, in fairly distinct, although faint, vibrations came the distress signal again.
13The next thing is to rig up our distress signal.
14The aircraft did not send a distress signal before it disappeared from radar screens.
15The Airbus A330 had flown through a thunderstorm, but no distress signal was sent.
16After dining, they hoisted a distress signal which nobody noticed.
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